Lake Diefenbaker Cycling Tour - Tourism Saskatchewan

Travel Itinerary | cycling tour
DAY seven Douglas Provincial Park
Douglas Provincial Park is your destination on day seven, located 64
km from Riverhurst. Travel 30.4 km east from Riverhurst on Hwy 42
to the town of Central Butte which makes a good lunch stop. The
community of Central Butte has services including restaurants, a
grocery store, pharmacy, hotel, bed and breakfast and a museum.
From Central Butte, head east on Hwy 42 for 6.4 km, then turn
north on Hwy 19 and continue 27.2 km to Douglas Provincial Park.
Named after former Saskatchewan premier T.C. Douglas, it is a
natural environment park with massive inland sand dunes on the
southeast shore of Lake Diefenbaker. Take some time to explore the
sandy shoreline or hike to the active sand dunes along the Cacti Trail,
accessible from the Dunes Nature Centre located across from the main
entrance of the park. Douglas Provincial Park includes a food store,
laundry and four walk-in camping sites along the Trans Canada Trail.
Lake Diefenbaker – Jump In!
For more information about the Lake
Diefenbaker Tourism Destination Area, visit
Lake Diefenbaker Tourism online at
www.2sk.ca/8828 or call 306-854-2277.
special events
Eston:
Indoor Rodeo including the World Gopher
Derby, June –
www.2sk.ca/com/1000277
DAY eight Elbow, Broderick, Outlook
Your final day on the road will take you 90.5 km back to Outlook.
The town of Elbow, located 12.5 km north of Douglas on Hwy 19, has
all services including a selection of restaurants and several unique
shops. A quick ride over to the Elbow Harbour Recreation Site affords
beautiful views of Lake Diefenbaker and the deep-water marina where
speedboats, houseboats and sailboats are moored.
Next down the road, the villages of Loreburn (26 km) and Strongfield
(36.4 km) have coffee shops and a few other services. Any of the
towns along the route, including Hawarden (no services) at 47 km, can
provide shady places to rest on a hot day. Broderick (79 km) is home
to the Terrace Dining Room located in a restored character building.
Originally constructed as an army barracks, the building has had
various incarnations over the years including a town hall, church, toy
factory and an antique store. A short 10 km peddle west on Hwy 15 will
take you back to Outlook, the starting place of your prairie tour near
Lake Diefenbaker’s shores.
Swift Current:
SaskPower Windscape Kite Festival, June –
www.2sk.ca/13429
Living Sky Casino Roundance & Powwow,
July –
www.2sk.ca/22170
Elbow:
Heritage Day Celebration, July 1 -
www.2sk.ca/com/1000255
Lakeshore Stampede, July –
www.2sk.ca/10187
Ferry Information:
shorten your trip!
If you haven’t got a week or more to explore the entire Lake
Diefenbaker Cycling Tour, this route is easily adaptable for a shorter
trip. An Outlook to Swift Current route or vice versa would take
between three and four days. Or, start and end in Outlook, cutting
across at Gardiner Dam and camping overnight at either Danielson
Provincial Park or Palliser Regional Park.
For information on the operation
of ferries, visit Saskatchewan
Highways and Infrastructure at
www.highways.gov.sk.ca/ferry.
Lancer Ferry: 306-962-6253
Riverhurst Ferry: 306-353-6250, leaves the
west shore on the half hour
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